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No.823,684. V PATENTEDJUNE19,1906- W. HOLLOWAY & s. BROWNING.

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A PPLIOATION FILED JAN. 21, 1906. RENEWED JAN. 19, 1906.

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- WILLIs L. HOLLOWAY AND ELI BROWNING, OF- WEST-BRANCH, IOWA; I SAID HOLLOWAYASSIGNOR TO SAID BROWNING.

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Specification of Letters Patent.

Eatenteol June 19, 1906.

Application filed January 21, 1905; Renewed January 19. 1906. Serial No. 296,830-

. To all whom it may concern. Be it known that we, WIL Is I' HOLLO- WAY. and ELI BROWNING, citizens of the United States, residing at West Branch, in l the county of Cedar and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Sleds; and we do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others runner' a, 501m and ,.then yoke the front sec skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the figures of reference marked thereon, which.

form a part of this specification.

This invention relates to improvements in sleds, and is especially adapted for coasting,- sleds.

The main, object of the invention is to provide asled'that iseasy to steer by giving each tions of the runners together in an alwaysparallel osition and control them by levers within t e easy reach of the occupant of the sled, or a horse may be hitched to the yoke and draw the sled. This and, other objects we attain by the novel construction and arrangement of parts illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which 0' view, of a coasting-sled embodying our invention.

ters and other sleds. Fig. 4 is a' top view, and Fig. 5 a side view, of the rear ends of a 3 5 pair of shafts adapted to be hitched or con- 0 line b b in Figs. 2 and 3.

platform of a coasting-sled. It is supported on cross-bars .2, whose ends are secured in two hounds 3, resting .upon rubber cushions 4, supported upon the elevated front end 5 and rear ends 6 of the runners, which are each divided into a rear main section 7" and a front section 7 joined together by one or more hinge-straps 9, which may be of any of the forms shown in Figs. 7, 8, and 9, or any other suitable form by which the-adjacent Fig. 3 is a side view of a cutter, show- ,ing how our invention may be applied to cut ends of the runners are hingedso closely together that the rear section or runner will follow the track of the front section or runner.

The front runners are secured. together in parallel position by a transverse yoke-bar 10, pivoted at 11 to'the upper bar 7 of. the runner. To said bars are also pivoted, preferably upon the same pivots 11, the front ends of two levers 12, fulcrumed at 13 to the hounds and having handles 14, by which the occupant of the sled in either lying or sitting positioncanswing the front runners to either side, and thus steer" the sled without interfering with its speed by engaging orbraking on the ground,-as is usually done with the feet, to the great wear of the shoes and retarding of the speed of the sled.

. To prevent accidental turning of the front runners too far to either side, stops 15 in Fig. 1v may be provided'at both sides of one of the levers 12,"or the slotted'holes 16 in the levers'may be so short as to resist the pivots 1 1 I when the runners are swung sidewise to the permitted limit, it being understoodthat said'pivots 11 move back and forth in the slots 16, since the lever-arm 12 is shorter than the bar 7 of the runner, so that their segmental motion at, the pivot is not parallel. Figure 11s a top view, and Fig. 2 a side 17 represents foot rests for the rearoccupant of the sled when two persons are riding. Theffront rider may use the outer ends 18 of the yoke-bar 10 for foot-rests, and may even inthat way help to steer the sled. Thehandlevers 14 may to-good advantage stand outward like the handle 14* or inward like 14 in "Fig.6, in which view is also shown that the lever-arms 12 may be connected by link-rods 19 to the yoke-bar 10. I

The rear runners, especially when the rubber cushions 4 are used, are secured together by suitable cross-bars, the end of one of which "is seen at 20 in Fig. .2 as being made from common angle-iron. For said cushions suitable springs may be substituted. The idea is tomake the sled easy to ride on. To that end the yoke-shaped form of the front and rear runners will also contribute some vertical springy motion, so that cushions may be used only at the top of the post 5 of the runner, while the transverse rear bar 2 in Fig. 1 may be placed like the rear cushion 4111 Fig. 2, and thus stiffen the runners against side strain. 7

In Fig. 7 it will be seen that the vertical bar 5 of the rear runner is partly grooved into the vertical bar of the front runner and the bar 5 forms the pintle of the joint, and the strap 9 is closed about the two bars and held firmly upon the front bar by a rivet 21. In Figs. 8 and 9 the strap is made in halves and secured together by either a single central screw 22 or two screws 23, one at each end. In either case only one end of the strap forms a journal. the runner. If it be desirable to hitch a horse to Fig. 1 or similar flat sled, a pair of shafts like 26 in Fi s. 4 and 5 may easily be attached to the sled by dropping the bolt 24 into the hole 25 of the yoke 10.

In Fig. 3 is shown how our invention may be applied to a cutter. Auxiliary link-bars 27 may be used to connect the bottom of the sled with the front runners; but the latter may also be simply connected to the rear runners by an upper and a lower joint strap or hinge 9, and shafts may be attached to the cross-bar 10 the same as just described about Fig. 1, or link-bars 28, Fig. 8, may extend forward from the middle of the bar 10 and receive the bolt 24 forward of the front runners, as in Fig. 3. It will be understood that the joints of the runners are free to allow a slight vertical play to make the sled more easy running on uneven ground. Such play must, however, not eXceed the curve at the front end of the bottom of the rear runner, and where the latter has no curve the joint should have no play.

Having thus described ourinvention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A sled having two runners, each comprising a front and rear section pivotally joined together with their adjacent ends, a transverse bar or yoke pivotally connecting the front sections of the runners, and operating-levers pivoted to the sled and operatively connected with the front runner-sections to swing them from side to side.

2. A sled having two runners, each com- The other is held firmly on prising a front and rear section pivotally joined together with their adjacent ends, a transverse bar or yoke pivotally connecting the front sections of the runners, and operating-levers pivoted to the sled and operatively connected with the front runner-sections to swing them from side to side, and means to limit such side motion.

3. A sled having two runners, each com prising a front and rear section pivotally joined together with their adjacent ends, a transverse bar or yoke pivotally connecting the front sections of the runners, and operating-levers pivoted to the sled and operatively connected with the front runner-sections to swin them from side to side, the front end of the sIed being partly supported on the front sections of the runners.

4. A sled having two runners, each comprising a front and rear section pivotally joined together with their adjacent ends, a transverse bar or yoke pivotally connecting the front sections of the runners, and operating-levers pivoted to the sled and operatively connected with the front runner-sections to swin them from side to side, the front end of the s ed being partly supported on the front sections of the runners, and the joint of the runner-sections having a vertical:play. 4

5. A sled havingtwo runnersieach comprising a front and rear section pivotally joined together with their adjacent ends, a transverse bar or yoke pivotally connecting the front sections of the runners, and operating-levers pivoted to the sled and opcratively connected with the front runner-sections to swing them from side to side, said yoke being adapted also for hitching shafts and a horse to it.

In testimony whereof we affix our signatures in presence of two witnesses.

WILLIS L. HOLLOWAY. ELI BROWNING. Witnesses:

G. G. HOOVER, G. P. BRUCE. 

